The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-16
GENaRAL M.

TnK June earnings Of teventy.one
railway, show an decrease Of i2H per cent
ever iAsti ear.
IT IL expected that the receivership
Of the Philsd.lphis and Rsadins road vill
terminate on the lat Of September.
The Southern Pacific has Just placed
orders for freight and passenger equipment
which will cost the company $4,000.
The Denver and Rio Graude man.
sssm,nt propose 10 srpsnd $1,000 In put.
ting down . third rail- and building sItsn.
sions.
.sssAoE ard Field are said TO bs work.
ing together 10 secure control Of the New
York and New RnslAnd road, and the New
York, New Haven and Hartford a. we'll.
RAPID .rogress is making In build.
ing the railroad bridge across the Hudson q,
poushksepsie. II will probably be CON.
plstsd ahd ready tor operation In the sprinE
THH Pennsylvania Ia building q new
tender for ~ heavy class snsine'.uhieh will
hold water tufieient 10 rua q locomotive
any miles, " necessary, While hauling .
heavy train.
MAsAaKRs Of Southern roads look
for heavy fall and winter trAnic. The crop,
Of Alabama, Georgia aud south Carolina
are w better condition than thsJ have been
for ten years.
THE Michigan House Of Represents
tvss has passed bill hIinE railroad rates
Of fare at az cents per mile, with 600. mile
tiel cts At SO. A provision Of the bill 10 tia;
newly. q instructed roads may charge , cents
per mile for SiH years snsr completion.
ARKAssAs CRY promises to become
a rrsat rAilr5ld ceHtsr Of the southws,t.
Five year, ago the town vas hardly known.
but nov Il has either built 10 there. or bead.
cd for that p9int, nine roads. the Atohison,
Topeka and santa fs bslns one Of the nun.
Der.
The railroad commissioners OF Mas
nehu,stt, have sent circulars 10 the pfesi
dents Of all railroads In tho Stats A,kinl
them 10 send In Tor oil railroad bridges CON
pleto plans Of sirustare With dimsnsloni
stress DIAGRAMS, date o. erection, tAms o.
designer, and q msss Of ssnsrAl Information
| 10 tAtula form.
SENATOR CuLLos thinks the inter
stat. Law 10 .provins bsn,hclsl. lie SAYS
The farmers 10 illinois h.d alrssdy found gu
that they could set tee OF three eonu
| bush,l more fir their wheat than they coull
under the cid lag, and that vas pretty 500,
s,idsnss that the bill uAs a Eood one 70
them Al all events.
THK steps taken by the Like Shore
Michigan Central and III. New York, Penn
DI,aniA and Ohio on the 1910 mile ticket
/, looked upon a. move 10 make tuo cent
PER mile the rate on AL roads, dnrsgardin
Wholly ties eta Of all ciasset except hfst class
They will then charge extra fof chair.ca
aud ilsepinr eoieh accommodation.
Thar pirt o. the y. vltsd Iailroa'
Iyins between 10th and ii6th streets. on III
vest sid. Of New Yort,i' ho.sd Tor the srss
hlsh, 10 -hich the tracks are oarrisd-s
feet above the pavement in zone parts. III
Iupefsuucture here, ~ eltsuhs ., vas but
with reisfen 10 The g,s u looomoii!s
voishinG not more than hfeen tons, aud N
running Of trains Of not more than two q
three ears. The loo motives nov emploJe
wsish tvsntTtv tons AID the trans con
tain four Or i've ears. The sirenG'htning
the rAduay Al all POINTS has iss
nov reached the hisb useki sboV
referred 10. Inmsnss beams % IRON are be
ins put 10, connecting the ssnts" or oroi
pieces on which the tracks are laid, an
these connect ng beams are JOinod 10 n
sides b. heavy wrought Iron braces put a
aFonally. Thi, work viil si.s assuranos
safety 20 many timid pe0rls Who feel appf'
hensivs In pa0lns over this portion 81 u
road, netwith,iandtnE The reduced spec
Buildeft ofsletstsd raj f0adt Ind that "
10 and near the h Aoks ~, strength 10 need
ed, and that, psrhapi, needless trpsnss VI
lavishsd upon foundation
Tms 10 the way DO M ticket sellei
In Chicago did their work. I'VE got aci
Idon't know bow many tind'i color pei
ellis 10 restore the color Of all tickets,
dotsn OF more punehe'. ani a pack o. Q
ard worn tickets hslongibF 70 every foaa
the United htA'es. Ts0 u the men did 4
pen work. Thsy could counterfeit any kii
: o. slsna,urs, and BY means Of their iian
could OIL In the name o any road % ms
ticket good for any dostinati0n. y
= their fchsmes vas 70 take an old uttet-s
. one that vas two ystrs o d-bll IN the puh
marx. stamp IN . new Destination, applI
acid sash " ave the paper lreh logh,th
40 oyer " xith color tsncil, and 10 W
3 would d1.lys any stpert. 10 u
o "a, thsy t3fd tale ticket uofth 10 oel
Il and make II worth tlb fhsy got 70 matl
y !: much gcn,J w.. ,s.y ,. .Ssn :.,.., sf.I
y have oosfsvsd and viii tsrn stass's